Durban panchang, 3 September 2026
Sunrise 06:09 Sunset 17:40 Shravana month
Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa · -29.86°, 31.03° · Africa/Johannesburg (UTC+02:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:09 to 17:40- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:09 – 07:36
- Gulika Kalam 09:02 – 10:29
- Durmuhurta 10:00 – 10:46
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:32 – 12:18
- Rahu Kalam 13:21 – 14:48
- Durmuhurta 14:36 – 15:22
- 11:57 Karana becomes Bava
- 15:03 Yoga becomes Harshana
Night
17:40 to 06:08 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:40 – 20:10
- Brahma Muhurta 04:29 – 05:18 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:59 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 22:55 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 22:55 Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Saptami until 22:55
- Nakshatra Krittika until 20:59 · lord Sun
- Yoga Vyaghata until 15:03
- Karana Vishti until 11:57, then Bava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Leo
- 11:57 Karana becomes Bava
- 15:03 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 20:59 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 22:55 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 22:55 Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:09 – 07:36
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:02 – 10:29
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:00 – 10:46
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:21 – 14:48
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:36 – 15:22
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 20:59 – 06:08 next day
Good windows
- Brahma Muhurta Current practice: the 14th of the night's 15 muhurtas, ending one muhurta before sunrise. Manusmṛti 4.92 names the brahma muhurta; Kullūka (1909, p. 149) reads it as the last yama of the night, and Govindarāja, as Kullūka reports him, as its last muhurta. 04:30 – 05:20
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:32 – 12:18
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:40 – 20:10
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:09 – 20:59
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:09 – 07:36 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:36 – 09:02 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:02 – 10:29 | Bad |
| Char | 10:29 – 11:55 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:55 – 13:21 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:21 – 14:48 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:48 – 16:14 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:14 – 17:40 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:40 – 19:14 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:14 – 20:47 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:47 – 22:21 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:21 – 23:54 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:54 – 01:28 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:28 – 03:01 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:01 – 04:35 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:35 – 06:08 next day | Good |
Hora
Seasonal horas: the daytime and the night each in 12 parts. No printed source is cited for this split.
Equal horas: 60 minutes (2.5 ghatis) each, counted from sunrise as Vivāha-vṛndāvana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.55, p. 49
- 06:09 NowJupiter
- 07:07 NowMars
- 08:05 NowSun
- 09:02 NowVenus
- 10:00 NowMercury
- 10:57 NowMoon
- 11:55 NowSaturn
- 12:53 NowJupiter
- 13:50 NowMars
- 14:48 NowSun
- 15:45 NowVenus
- 16:43 NowMercury
- 17:40 NowMoon
- 18:43 NowSaturn
- 19:45 NowJupiter
- 20:47 NowMars
- 21:50 NowSun
- 22:52 NowVenus
- 23:54 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:57 NowMoon
- 01:59 NowSaturn
- 03:01 NowJupiter
- 04:04 NowMars
- 05:06 NowSun
- 06:09 NowJupiter
- 07:09 NowMars
- 08:09 NowSun
- 09:09 NowVenus
- 10:09 NowMercury
- 11:09 NowMoon
- 12:09 NowSaturn
- 13:09 NowJupiter
- 14:09 NowMars
- 15:09 NowSun
- 16:09 NowVenus
- 17:09 NowMercury
- 18:09 NowMoon
- 19:09 NowSaturn
- 20:09 NowJupiter
- 21:09 NowMars
- 22:09 NowSun
- 23:09 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:09 NowMercury
- 01:09 NowMoon
- 02:09 NowSaturn
- 03:09 NowJupiter
- 04:09 NowMars
- 05:09 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:30 – 05:24 Cancer
- 05:24 – 06:50 Leo
- 06:50 – 08:14 Virgo
- 08:14 – 09:48 Libra
- 09:48 – 11:43 Scorpio
- 11:43 – 13:58 Sagittarius
- 13:58 – 16:19 Capricorn
- 16:19 – 18:38 Aquarius
- 18:38 – 20:55 Pisces
- 20:55 – 23:16 Aries
- 23:16 – 01:35 next day Taurus
- 01:35 – 03:39 next day Gemini
- 03:39 – 05:20 next day Cancer
- 05:20 – 06:08 next day Leo
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
Lahiri ayanamsa · sunrise and sunset at the centre of the Sun’s disc, with refraction, at sea level · Swiss Ephemeris · times in Africa/Johannesburg (UTC+2) · Method